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The MIT Career Development Office serves graduate students as well as undergraduates. See their web site for personal or online resources to explore career options, prepare, and apply to positions of interest.

MIT’s Association of Alumni and Alumnae provides a current job listing and support for alumni with professional networking and career change through the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN).

The Academics, Research, and Careers (ARC) Committee of the Graduate Student Council pursues academic and career-related advocacy issues. Visit their web site for current information.

The Path of Professorship workshop for graduate and post-doctoral women is an opportunity to learn more about purusing an academic career.

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Ses 3 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 32549 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Diversity in leadership II This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Collaboration and Skills for the Future

Views: 29873 | Updated 3 years ago

Game designer Jane McGonigal talks about the “skills for the future” participants can develop while playing big games. Gaming expert Philip Tan of the GAMBIT Singapore-MIT Game Lab stresses the value of being able to judge information.

Saving the World with a Career in Supply Chain

Views: 29500 | Updated 2 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar, February 27, 2009 – Many organizations, from the Red Cross to pharmaceutical firms, depend on efficient supply chains to deliver goods, services, and people to parts of the world where they are desperately needed. Learn about how you could have a career in the growing field...

To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology Culture Forum

Views: 28744 | Updated 2 years ago

For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.

Ses 4 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 27434 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Teamwork and communication This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 2 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 26398 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Diversity in leadership I, Leadership quotes, Styles of leadership This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 24151 | Updated 3 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 24150 | Updated 3 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Environmental Programs Meet Supply Chain at Staples

Views: 23773 | Updated 3 years ago

Mark Buckley, Staples, Inc. – Vice President, Environmental Affairs Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT-CTL and CSCMP The development of energy-efficient distribution centers is just one of the supply chain-related environmental programs underway at Staples. Mark Buckley explains how he collaborates with the supply chain to...

Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 23182 | Updated 1 year ago

Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites following a water main rupture. However, like...

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Tech’s Top Teachers Talk Turkey

Views: 1062 | Updated 3 months ago

Dr. Lori Breslow, Director of the Teaching and Learning Laboratory, moderates a discussion with some of MIT’s award-winning teachers, including Professor Dave Darmofal (Aero/Astro), Professor Nergis Mavalvala (Physics), and Professor Anne McCants (History). 

From Unlocked To Unleashed: Leadership In Your Life

Views: 2255 | Updated 2 months ago

You know the “Keys to Leadership”, so now what? Lila Ibrahim, partner at VC firm KPCB and former Intel executive, shows you how to put these together in your life, as you make your path to leadership. During her keynote, Lila focuses on the transition points of our...

Piled Higher and Deeper with Jorge Cham

Views: 2182 | Updated 6 months ago

Watch as popular comic “Piled Higher and Deeper” creator Jorge Cham introduces the new PhD movie and answers questions along with MIT alums. The Q&A includes Jorge, Evans Boney (cast member and MIT alum), and Meg Rosenburg (producer and MIT alum).

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Opening Keynote

Views: 2087 | Updated 5 months ago

Christine Furstoss, Technical Director at General Electric, talks about her experiences at the company, how she built up her contact network, and how you can realize your leadership potential and learn how to grow your sphere of influence.

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

Views: 3882 | Updated 5 months ago

Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

Views: 3883 | Updated 5 months ago

Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

Views: 3849 | Updated 5 months ago

Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

Views: 3850 | Updated 5 months ago

Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Time and Stress Management Workshop

Views: 2117 | Updated 5 months ago

Explore stress and time management techniques with Zan Barry and Lauren Mayhew from MIT Medical.

Science Policy Initiative: Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

Views: 2000 | Updated 8 months ago

Learn about the importance of science and engineering students at MIT engaging in large societal challenges. SPI’s goal is to inspire incoming graduate students to get involved in policy issues during their time at MIT. Featuring: –Claud Canizares, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost –Ian Waitz, Dean...

Grad School 102: Student Life, Activities, and Associations

Views: 2210 | Updated 9 months ago

Need a break from all that studying? Check out the extracurricular activities and associations available to you at the Institute and the surrounding areas. Ellan Spero starts off with a brief on leadership and innovation opportunities. Lorenna Buck talks about the COOP. Katie Maloney introduces you to the...

Grad School 101: Resources to make your life easier

Views: 2119 | Updated 9 months ago

At MIT, you have a wide variety of resources available. Jennifer Gallapher discusses MIT Recreational Sports. David Diamond shares details about MIT Medical. Xiaolu Hsi talks about MIT Mental Health Jennifer Tassi elaborates on spouses and partners. Robert Randolph gives information on the MIT Chapel and religious life....

Grad School 101: Careers and Professional Development

Views: 2118 | Updated 9 months ago

“You are sitting with people who are going to become your network for life.” These are the words of Marilyn Wilson, MIT Careers Office, as she welcomes you to the institute and discusses the competitive and rewarding careers in academia as well as the numerous professional opportunities available...

Dr. Francis Carter & Dr Patricia Ordoñez Rozo: Fellowship Preparation

Views: 8637 | Updated 10 months ago

How to Fund Your Graduate Education Dr. Francis Carter and Dr. Patricia Ordonez Rozo guide MSRP participants in creating a successful fellowship applications by tackling tough questions, fears, and common misperceptions. Presenters: Dr. Francis Carter PhD Dr. Patricia Ordonez

Academic Career Series II: Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search

Views: 6480 | Updated 10 months ago

Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful job search in a highly competitive academic job market? This panel shares how some others have done it. “Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search” features faculty panelists who successfully landed a position. The speakers outline an...

Basics of Manuscript Writing

Views: 5561 | Updated 10 months ago

Presented by Dr. Sonal Jhaveri Dr. Sonal Jhaveri of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT talks about Manuscript Writing for scientists: the do’s and do not’s of how to write a scientific paper or grant proposal. Dr. Jhaveri makes the distinction between popular science writing (for...

Linda Elkins-Tanton

Views: 2710 | Updated 10 months ago

Linda Elkins, professor in Earth Science, opens her talk with a quote saying, ” Work when you can and do your absolute best.” Elkins also reveals that she did not get to where she was today via the “traditional path”. In her academic year as a sophomore, she...

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 16538 | Updated 10 months ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 16539 | Updated 10 months ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

Views: 13867 | Updated 10 months ago

June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

Views: 13868 | Updated 10 months ago

June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Graduate Admissions Panel

Views: 11350 | Updated 11 months ago

In this session, four professors from various departments and answer questions in regards to the graduate admissions process. All application processes are similar, however key differences are highlighted below. For the Electrical Engineering Department & Computer Science, applications are submitted online and read by 78 – 120 professors,...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17256 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17252 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17253 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17254 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17255 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships and Career Options

Views: 7139 | Updated 11 months ago

May 13, 2011 – For more than 35 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to national and international issues in the federal policy realm, while learning first-hand about establishing and implementing...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 12207 | Updated 11 months ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 12208 | Updated 11 months ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

Views: 10245 | Updated 11 months ago

April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

Views: 10246 | Updated 11 months ago

April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Renetta Tull

Views: 16211 | Updated 11 months ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

Renetta Tull

Views: 16209 | Updated 11 months ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

Renetta Tull

Views: 16210 | Updated 11 months ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 11484 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 11483 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

Make the Leap

Views: 9905 | Updated 11 months ago

March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

Make the Leap

Views: 9906 | Updated 11 months ago

March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

GCWS- Keynote Panel

Views: 7244 | Updated 11 months ago

March 13, 2011 – Data can sometimes be misused and when misused causes harm. Barboza’s goal is to change the philiosophical ways that we think and view. She strives for people to look outside the traditional boundaries that society has set for us. In her talk, she discusses...

Graduate Student Panel

Views: 11793 | Updated 11 months ago

June 6, 2011 – In this 2011 MSRP orientation session, six current graduate students give advice and answer questions regarding MIT and graduate community, as well as academia in general and occupational work. Panelists: Zinzile Brooks, Obioma Ohia, Daniel Soltero, Maria Telleria, David Hill.

Civic Media Session: “Design for Vulnerable Populations”

Views: 10378 | Updated 1 year ago

Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

Civic Media Session: Design for Vulnerable Populations

Views: 10379 | Updated 1 year ago

Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 2

Views: 7615 | Updated 1 year ago

This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 1

Views: 7478 | Updated 1 year ago

This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 10895 | Updated 1 year ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 10896 | Updated 1 year ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech — Bill Anderson

Views: 11786 | Updated 1 year ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Bill Anderson, LGO ’95, Senior Vice President, BioOncology Business Unit, Genentech — View Bill’s Alumni Profile on the LGO website Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech Presentation date: Friday, March 25, 2011 Abstract: In March 2009 Genentech entered a new phase in its...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Dress for Success

Views: 10105 | Updated 1 year ago

It’s not a pants suit world anymore, ladies, and Sheri Falk—designer, female entrepreneur, and owner of the Basiques store on Newbury Street in Boston—shows the GW@MIT women how to look and feel their best with a simple, elegant wardrobe during the Leadership Conference on November 9, 2010. Separates...

Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT

Views: 6750 | Updated 1 year ago

Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT profiles three prominent interdisciplinary researchers at MIT. Profiles include Maria Zuber, a geophysicist renowned for her research on planetary surfaces; Vladimir Bulović, an electrical engineer developing lightweight solar cells; and Paula Hammond, a materials scientist creating new nanomaterials for cancer treatment....

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 13693 | Updated 1 year ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 13691 | Updated 1 year ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 13692 | Updated 1 year ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 17522 | Updated 1 year ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 17523 | Updated 1 year ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 17524 | Updated 1 year ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

Don Davis’ Leadership Mantras: A Tribute by LGO

Views: 10059 | Updated 1 year ago

Don Davis, the former CEO of Stanley Works, was for 21 years a lecturer on leadership to students in the Leaders for Manufacturing/Leaders for Global Operations program, a dual-degree MBA and SM in Engineering program at MIT. Don Davis’ “leadership mantras,” together with his many personal examples of...

Gabriella Coleman: “‘I did it for the Lulz! but I stayed for the outrage:’ Anonymous, the Politics of Spectacle, and Geek Protests against the Church of Scientology.”

Views: 11964 | Updated 1 year ago

A CMS-sponsored talk on civic media issues. Trained as an anthropologist, Gabriella (Biella) Coleman examines the ethics of online collaboration/institutions as well as the role of the law and digital media in sustaining various forms of political activism. Between 2001-2003 she conducted ethnographic research on computer hackers primarily...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 14300 | Updated 1 year ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 14301 | Updated 1 year ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 14302 | Updated 1 year ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

Q&A: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 16838 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Andrea Pitzer: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 12050 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full event video available here: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Abrahm Lustgarten: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 13305 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Roz Williams: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 17578 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full talk, featuring Roz Williams, Abrahm Lustgarten, and Andrea Pitzer: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises-) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully...

Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 23182 | Updated 1 year ago

Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites following a water main rupture. However, like...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 15741 | Updated 1 year ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 15742 | Updated 1 year ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

Alan Alda: The Art of Science Communication

Views: 9963 | Updated 1 year ago

(39:56) Robert Desimone introduces keynote speaker Alan Alda at the 10th anniversary celebration of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. As the former host of the long-running PBS series, “Scientific American Frontiers,” Alda shares some advice on how scientists can communicate more effectively with the general...

Splendor, Destruction, and the Shift from Awe to Action in Environmental Documentary

Views: 8620 | Updated 1 year ago

Speaker: Jeanne Marie Kusina, Bowling Green State University. Moderator: Madeleine Clare Elish, MIT. Abstract: This presentation discusses the role of digital media in the field of environmental ethics. There is a long, rich tradition of wildlife and natural history filmmaking devoted to documenting fact while dramatizing the content...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

Views: 12308 | Updated 1 year ago

The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

Views: 12309 | Updated 1 year ago

The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

Views: 5434 | Updated 2 years ago

Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 17262 | Updated 2 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 17263 | Updated 2 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

Webinar: Global Careers in Supply Chain

Views: 5938 | Updated 2 years ago

Profit pressures have caused many companies to relocate large parts of their operations to different parts of the globe. Growth pressures have pushed them to pursue market entry strategies in new countries. The challenges and opportunities of globalization have resulted in longer and more complex supply chains. As...

To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology Culture Forum

Views: 28744 | Updated 2 years ago

For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 13942 | Updated 2 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 13943 | Updated 2 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 13944 | Updated 2 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

What’s the “Rational” Choice?: Risk, Values and the Politics of Geoengineering

Views: 4814 | Updated 2 years ago

Judy Layzer, MIT

Historical Perspectives on “Fixing the Sky”

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James Fleming, Colby College

The Case for Geoengineering Research

Views: 4974 | Updated 2 years ago

David Keith, University of Calgary

Climate Engineering with Aerosols—Predictable Consequences?

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David Battisti, University of Washington

Geoengineering Governance: Rendering the Possible Impossible?

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Catherine Redgwell, University College London

Spotlight Preview – MIT World’s Financial Services: Prospects for Your Future

Views: 20012 | Updated 2 years ago

In a lively discussion with Simon Johnson, Lawrence Fish deconstructs the near collapse of the banking system and points out the multiple factors that have contributed to the financial crisis. Fish delves deeply how greed factors into the equation, and perhaps may now be known for his statement...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 17575 | Updated 2 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 17576 | Updated 2 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Open Park

Views: 19281 | Updated 2 years ago

The Open Park project looks to define an ‘ideal’ or at least improved model and practice for online collaborative news-reporting and -writing. As newsrooms across the country and beyond are grappling with the new economic realities of reduced budgets and news media professionals are busy drafting and testing...

Extract – Landman Report Card

Views: 16655 | Updated 2 years ago

Chris Csikszentmihalyi presents the Extract program and its Landman Report Card tool. A landman is an agent that represents oil & gas companies in negotiations with landowners: their job is to get the best terms for the company. This interaction is perhaps one of the most important elements...

Webinar: Opportunities for Supply Chain Masters

Views: 19701 | Updated 2 years ago

Supply chain management offers a world of opportunities for those with degree specialization, because it is the backbone of so many different kinds of companies. Almost every business out there – manufacturing, retail, service, and public sector – must have reliable supply management professionals to ensure the most...

Saving the World with a Career in Supply Chain

Views: 29500 | Updated 2 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar, February 27, 2009 – Many organizations, from the Red Cross to pharmaceutical firms, depend on efficient supply chains to deliver goods, services, and people to parts of the world where they are desperately needed. Learn about how you could have a career in the growing field...

Ses 6 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 21529 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Obstacles, Gender styles This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 5 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 18016 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Leadership skills, Interviewing handout, Sample resume, Resume tips This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 4 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 27434 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Teamwork and communication This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 3 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 32549 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Diversity in leadership II This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 2 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 26398 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Diversity in leadership I, Leadership quotes, Styles of leadership This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

A Conversation with Joanne Stubbe

Views: 17621 | Updated 2 years ago

Professer Joanne Stubbe talks about her life in science and biology. Part of the “Conversations with…” series sponsored by the MIT Department of Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Collaboration and Skills for the Future

Views: 29873 | Updated 3 years ago

Game designer Jane McGonigal talks about the “skills for the future” participants can develop while playing big games. Gaming expert Philip Tan of the GAMBIT Singapore-MIT Game Lab stresses the value of being able to judge information.

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 9537 | Updated 3 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 9538 | Updated 3 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 24150 | Updated 3 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 24151 | Updated 3 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

Views: 13374 | Updated 3 years ago

Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

Views: 13375 | Updated 3 years ago

Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

Supply Chain Careers for Professionals Over 30

Views: 5635 | Updated 3 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar – 12/10/08 After gaining experience in other fields, many professionals over the age of 30 successfully shift their career focus to supply chain management. On December 10, 2008, we explored how this is done with a panel of distinguished alumni from the MIT’s Masters Program in...

DJ Culture: Sampling and Ethics

Views: 15003 | Updated 3 years ago

DJs define “sampling”, and then share their thoughts about the effects of copyright law in the world of electronic music. Featuring DJ C, DJ Flack, DJ M. Singe, and DJ Spooky.

Post Graduate School Careers

Views: 17461 | Updated 3 years ago

Alana D. Tyler – Raytheon Dr. Karmella A. Haynes – Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Davidson College & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Reseach/Teaching Fellow

Dr. Stephanie Bird

Views: 13930 | Updated 3 years ago

Professional Standards and Ethical Values in Science and Research

Environmental Programs Meet Supply Chain at Staples

Views: 23773 | Updated 3 years ago

Mark Buckley, Staples, Inc. – Vice President, Environmental Affairs Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT-CTL and CSCMP The development of energy-efficient distribution centers is just one of the supply chain-related environmental programs underway at Staples. Mark Buckley explains how he collaborates with the supply chain to...

Women Don’t Ask

Views: 17802 | Updated 4 years ago

Ms Laschever’s presentation was an opportunity to learn from her research findings with Dr. Linda Babcock, and for attendees to ask “how to” questions about their own professional advancement and development opportunities. More details on the research and the authors’ backgrounds can be found at: http://www.womendontask.com This event...

CIS Starr Forum: Don’t Be an American Idiot

Views: 19422 | Updated 4 years ago

Don’t Be an American IdiotHow does the U.S. use human rights in its foreign policy? Does the occupant of the White House matter when it comes to U.S. human interests abroad? What is the role of civil society in making human rights matter?Julie Mertus co-director of Ethics, Peace...

Dr. Stephanie J. Bird

Views: 11702 | Updated 4 years ago

Dr. Stephanie J. Bird leads an open discussion concerning ethics in the research community. The discussion centers around a scenario that involves John and Bill, two old friends returning home for Christmas. Their conversation about experiences in their respective research groups is cut short when Bill begins to...

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GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

Views: 3882 | Updated 5 months ago

Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

Science Policy Initiative: Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

Views: 2000 | Updated 8 months ago

Learn about the importance of science and engineering students at MIT engaging in large societal challenges. SPI’s goal is to inspire incoming graduate students to get involved in policy issues during their time at MIT. Featuring: –Claud Canizares, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost –Ian Waitz, Dean...

Grad School 101: Careers and Professional Development

Views: 2118 | Updated 9 months ago

“You are sitting with people who are going to become your network for life.” These are the words of Marilyn Wilson, MIT Careers Office, as she welcomes you to the institute and discusses the competitive and rewarding careers in academia as well as the numerous professional opportunities available...

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 16538 | Updated 10 months ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

Views: 13867 | Updated 10 months ago

June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Graduate Admissions Panel

Views: 11350 | Updated 11 months ago

In this session, four professors from various departments and answer questions in regards to the graduate admissions process. All application processes are similar, however key differences are highlighted below. For the Electrical Engineering Department & Computer Science, applications are submitted online and read by 78 – 120 professors,...

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships and Career Options

Views: 7139 | Updated 11 months ago

May 13, 2011 – For more than 35 years, the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to national and international issues in the federal policy realm, while learning first-hand about establishing and implementing...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

Views: 10245 | Updated 11 months ago

April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Make the Leap

Views: 9905 | Updated 11 months ago

March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

Graduate Student Panel

Views: 11793 | Updated 11 months ago

June 6, 2011 – In this 2011 MSRP orientation session, six current graduate students give advice and answer questions regarding MIT and graduate community, as well as academia in general and occupational work. Panelists: Zinzile Brooks, Obioma Ohia, Daniel Soltero, Maria Telleria, David Hill.

Civic Media Session: “Design for Vulnerable Populations”

Views: 10378 | Updated 1 year ago

Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 2

Views: 7615 | Updated 1 year ago

This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

Interested in the Pharmaceutical Industry? Part 1

Views: 7478 | Updated 1 year ago

This February 17, 2011 session was part of a series organized by the Graduate Student Council committee on Academic Research and Careers. Part 1: John LaMattina, former head of Pfizer’s Global Research and Development, talks about the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer, and his career development. Part 2: John LaMattina...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 13691 | Updated 1 year ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 17522 | Updated 1 year ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 14300 | Updated 1 year ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 15741 | Updated 1 year ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

Views: 12308 | Updated 1 year ago

The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Webinar: Global Careers in Supply Chain

Views: 5938 | Updated 2 years ago

Profit pressures have caused many companies to relocate large parts of their operations to different parts of the globe. Growth pressures have pushed them to pursue market entry strategies in new countries. The challenges and opportunities of globalization have resulted in longer and more complex supply chains. As...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 13942 | Updated 2 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 17575 | Updated 2 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Webinar: Opportunities for Supply Chain Masters

Views: 19701 | Updated 2 years ago

Supply chain management offers a world of opportunities for those with degree specialization, because it is the backbone of so many different kinds of companies. Almost every business out there – manufacturing, retail, service, and public sector – must have reliable supply management professionals to ensure the most...

Saving the World with a Career in Supply Chain

Views: 29500 | Updated 2 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar, February 27, 2009 – Many organizations, from the Red Cross to pharmaceutical firms, depend on efficient supply chains to deliver goods, services, and people to parts of the world where they are desperately needed. Learn about how you could have a career in the growing field...

A Conversation with Joanne Stubbe

Views: 17621 | Updated 2 years ago

Professer Joanne Stubbe talks about her life in science and biology. Part of the “Conversations with…” series sponsored by the MIT Department of Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 9537 | Updated 3 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Views: 24150 | Updated 3 years ago

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Supply Chain Careers for Professionals Over 30

Views: 5635 | Updated 3 years ago

MLOG/ZLOG Webinar – 12/10/08 After gaining experience in other fields, many professionals over the age of 30 successfully shift their career focus to supply chain management. On December 10, 2008, we explored how this is done with a panel of distinguished alumni from the MIT’s Masters Program in...

Post Graduate School Careers

Views: 17461 | Updated 3 years ago

Alana D. Tyler – Raytheon Dr. Karmella A. Haynes – Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Davidson College & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Reseach/Teaching Fellow

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Leadership

From Unlocked To Unleashed: Leadership In Your Life

Views: 2255 | Updated 2 months ago

You know the “Keys to Leadership”, so now what? Lila Ibrahim, partner at VC firm KPCB and former Intel executive, shows you how to put these together in your life, as you make your path to leadership. During her keynote, Lila focuses on the transition points of our...

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Opening Keynote

Views: 2087 | Updated 5 months ago

Christine Furstoss, Technical Director at General Electric, talks about her experiences at the company, how she built up her contact network, and how you can realize your leadership potential and learn how to grow your sphere of influence.

Grad School 102: Student Life, Activities, and Associations

Views: 2210 | Updated 9 months ago

Need a break from all that studying? Check out the extracurricular activities and associations available to you at the Institute and the surrounding areas. Ellan Spero starts off with a brief on leadership and innovation opportunities. Lorenna Buck talks about the COOP. Katie Maloney introduces you to the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17252 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 12207 | Updated 11 months ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

Consulting and Public Policy Panel

Views: 10246 | Updated 11 months ago

April 1, 2011 – The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to...

Make the Leap

Views: 9906 | Updated 11 months ago

March 30, 2011 – The Consulting Club at MIT (CCM) is proud to present its annual Make the Leap event. Make the Leap brings together a panel of ex-graduate students who have embarked on careers at top consulting firms, as well as prospective graduates who will be joining...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 10895 | Updated 1 year ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech — Bill Anderson

Views: 11786 | Updated 1 year ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Bill Anderson, LGO ’95, Senior Vice President, BioOncology Business Unit, Genentech — View Bill’s Alumni Profile on the LGO website Leadership Lessons From an Uncommon Company: Genentech Presentation date: Friday, March 25, 2011 Abstract: In March 2009 Genentech entered a new phase in its...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 17523 | Updated 1 year ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

Don Davis’ Leadership Mantras: A Tribute by LGO

Views: 10059 | Updated 1 year ago

Don Davis, the former CEO of Stanley Works, was for 21 years a lecturer on leadership to students in the Leaders for Manufacturing/Leaders for Global Operations program, a dual-degree MBA and SM in Engineering program at MIT. Don Davis’ “leadership mantras,” together with his many personal examples of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 14301 | Updated 1 year ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 17262 | Updated 2 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 13943 | Updated 2 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

Webinar: Supply Chain for Entrepreneurs

Views: 17576 | Updated 2 years ago

How are supply chain professionals involved in start-up firms? What sorts of companies employ them? What kinds of decisions do they make? In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of MIT MLOG and ZLOG alumni who are working in start-up firms. They will discuss how they...

Ses 6 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 21529 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Obstacles, Gender styles This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 5 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 18016 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Leadership skills, Interviewing handout, Sample resume, Resume tips This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 4 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 27434 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Teamwork and communication This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 3 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 32549 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Diversity in leadership II This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Ses 2 | Leadership Training Institute, Summer 2008

Views: 26398 | Updated 2 years ago

In this session: Diversity in leadership I, Leadership quotes, Styles of leadership This program looks at the significance of leadership and concepts of leadership through an interactive curriculum. We hope to instill in our students the four cornerstones of our program: charisma, knowledge, teamwork, and self-reflection.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

Views: 13374 | Updated 3 years ago

Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

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Tech’s Top Teachers Talk Turkey

Views: 1062 | Updated 3 months ago

Dr. Lori Breslow, Director of the Teaching and Learning Laboratory, moderates a discussion with some of MIT’s award-winning teachers, including Professor Dave Darmofal (Aero/Astro), Professor Nergis Mavalvala (Physics), and Professor Anne McCants (History). 

Piled Higher and Deeper with Jorge Cham

Views: 2182 | Updated 6 months ago

Watch as popular comic “Piled Higher and Deeper” creator Jorge Cham introduces the new PhD movie and answers questions along with MIT alums. The Q&A includes Jorge, Evans Boney (cast member and MIT alum), and Meg Rosenburg (producer and MIT alum).

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17253 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

Renetta Tull

Views: 16209 | Updated 11 months ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO — Jim Miller

Views: 10896 | Updated 1 year ago

LGO Web Seminar Series Jim Miller, LGO ’93, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Google Lessons on Leadership and Life Post-LGO Presentation Date: April 8, 2011 Slides from this presentation (Extended version – an abridged slide set was used during the presentation) Abstract: Since graduating from LFM/LGO in ’93,...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 13692 | Updated 1 year ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Keynote Address by Sophie Vandebroek

Views: 17524 | Updated 1 year ago

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, delivered the keynote address at the Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010, organized by Graduate Women at MIT (GW@MIT). Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and a Fulbright...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Introductory Remarks by President Susan Hockfield

Views: 14302 | Updated 1 year ago

Susan Hockfield, President of MIT since 2004, gave the welcome address at the inaugural GW@MIT Leadership Conference on November 8, 2010. She praises the efforts of the women who organized this conference for their hard work putting the event together, saying, “This is what I view as the...

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Ethics & Integrity

Gabriella Coleman: “‘I did it for the Lulz! but I stayed for the outrage:’ Anonymous, the Politics of Spectacle, and Geek Protests against the Church of Scientology.”

Views: 11964 | Updated 1 year ago

A CMS-sponsored talk on civic media issues. Trained as an anthropologist, Gabriella (Biella) Coleman examines the ethics of online collaboration/institutions as well as the role of the law and digital media in sustaining various forms of political activism. Between 2001-2003 she conducted ethnographic research on computer hackers primarily...

Splendor, Destruction, and the Shift from Awe to Action in Environmental Documentary

Views: 8620 | Updated 1 year ago

Speaker: Jeanne Marie Kusina, Bowling Green State University. Moderator: Madeleine Clare Elish, MIT. Abstract: This presentation discusses the role of digital media in the field of environmental ethics. There is a long, rich tradition of wildlife and natural history filmmaking devoted to documenting fact while dramatizing the content...

Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

Views: 5434 | Updated 2 years ago

Technology & Culture Forum – Privacy Reconsidered in the Age of Facebook

To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology Culture Forum

Views: 28744 | Updated 2 years ago

For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.

What’s the “Rational” Choice?: Risk, Values and the Politics of Geoengineering

Views: 4814 | Updated 2 years ago

Judy Layzer, MIT

Historical Perspectives on “Fixing the Sky”

Views: 4511 | Updated 2 years ago

James Fleming, Colby College

The Case for Geoengineering Research

Views: 4974 | Updated 2 years ago

David Keith, University of Calgary

Climate Engineering with Aerosols—Predictable Consequences?

Views: 4753 | Updated 2 years ago

David Battisti, University of Washington

Geoengineering Governance: Rendering the Possible Impossible?

Views: 4226 | Updated 2 years ago

Catherine Redgwell, University College London

Spotlight Preview – MIT World’s Financial Services: Prospects for Your Future

Views: 20012 | Updated 2 years ago

In a lively discussion with Simon Johnson, Lawrence Fish deconstructs the near collapse of the banking system and points out the multiple factors that have contributed to the financial crisis. Fish delves deeply how greed factors into the equation, and perhaps may now be known for his statement...

Extract – Landman Report Card

Views: 16655 | Updated 2 years ago

Chris Csikszentmihalyi presents the Extract program and its Landman Report Card tool. A landman is an agent that represents oil & gas companies in negotiations with landowners: their job is to get the best terms for the company. This interaction is perhaps one of the most important elements...

DJ Culture: Sampling and Ethics

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DJs define “sampling”, and then share their thoughts about the effects of copyright law in the world of electronic music. Featuring DJ C, DJ Flack, DJ M. Singe, and DJ Spooky.

Dr. Stephanie Bird

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Professional Standards and Ethical Values in Science and Research

CIS Starr Forum: Don’t Be an American Idiot

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Don’t Be an American IdiotHow does the U.S. use human rights in its foreign policy? Does the occupant of the White House matter when it comes to U.S. human interests abroad? What is the role of civil society in making human rights matter?Julie Mertus co-director of Ethics, Peace...

Dr. Stephanie J. Bird

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Dr. Stephanie J. Bird leads an open discussion concerning ethics in the research community. The discussion centers around a scenario that involves John and Bill, two old friends returning home for Christmas. Their conversation about experiences in their respective research groups is cut short when Bill begins to...

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Entrepreneurship

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Entrepreneurship Panel

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Discover how to start your own business or lab. Bettina Hein of Pixability, Daphne Zohar of Pure Tech Ventures, and Dr. Rosalind Picard of Affectiva Inc. each share their unique perspectives on the benefits, hardships, and lives of the entrepreneur, as well as the experiences they underwent and...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17254 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

Michael Pritchard, entrepreneur and inventor of the world’s first ultra-filtration bottle

Views: 13944 | Updated 2 years ago

Inventor, LIFESAVER bottle Managing Director, Hydronic Solutions Ltd. Michael W. Pritchard M.W.M.Soc is a British inventor, entrepreneur and public speaker. Michael was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967. He was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and went to the University of Redlands in California USA. At the...

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Communication

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

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Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

Dr. Francis Carter & Dr Patricia Ordoñez Rozo: Fellowship Preparation

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How to Fund Your Graduate Education Dr. Francis Carter and Dr. Patricia Ordonez Rozo guide MSRP participants in creating a successful fellowship applications by tackling tough questions, fears, and common misperceptions. Presenters: Dr. Francis Carter PhD Dr. Patricia Ordonez

Academic Career Series II: Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search

Views: 6480 | Updated 10 months ago

Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful job search in a highly competitive academic job market? This panel shares how some others have done it. “Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search” features faculty panelists who successfully landed a position. The speakers outline an...

Basics of Manuscript Writing

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Presented by Dr. Sonal Jhaveri Dr. Sonal Jhaveri of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT talks about Manuscript Writing for scientists: the do’s and do not’s of how to write a scientific paper or grant proposal. Dr. Jhaveri makes the distinction between popular science writing (for...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17255 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Online Personal Branding

Views: 12208 | Updated 11 months ago

March 10, 2011 – This workshop is led by Nicholas Lamphere, a professional social media consultant and instructor, and Tilke Judd, an EECA graduate student. Lamphere and Judd show how to promote yourself and your work online through social media and the creation of a website. Part 1:...

Renetta Tull

Views: 16210 | Updated 11 months ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 11483 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

GCWS- Keynote Panel

Views: 7244 | Updated 11 months ago

March 13, 2011 – Data can sometimes be misused and when misused causes harm. Barboza’s goal is to change the philiosophical ways that we think and view. She strives for people to look outside the traditional boundaries that society has set for us. In her talk, she discusses...

Civic Media Session: Design for Vulnerable Populations

Views: 10379 | Updated 1 year ago

Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need — whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive attempts to “help” through simplistic techno-centric...

GW@MIT Leadership Conference: Dress for Success

Views: 10105 | Updated 1 year ago

It’s not a pants suit world anymore, ladies, and Sheri Falk—designer, female entrepreneur, and owner of the Basiques store on Newbury Street in Boston—shows the GW@MIT women how to look and feel their best with a simple, elegant wardrobe during the Leadership Conference on November 9, 2010. Separates...

Q&A: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 16838 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Andrea Pitzer: “Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises”

Views: 12050 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full event video available here: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Abrahm Lustgarten: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 13305 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full event video available at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises- ) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites...

Roz Williams: Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 17578 | Updated 1 year ago

(Full talk, featuring Roz Williams, Abrahm Lustgarten, and Andrea Pitzer: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/c4fcm:1502/videos/9524-communications-forum-public-communications-in-slow-moving-crises-) Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully...

Communications Forum: Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Views: 23182 | Updated 1 year ago

Governments, corporations, and communities plan for sudden crises: the White House drafts strong responsive rhetoric for the next terrorist attack; Toyota runs reassuring national TV spots within hours of a product recall; and 32 Massachusetts towns successfully publicize water distribution sites following a water main rupture. However, like...

WebPub Presents: Make IT Work! Using Web Engagement Management to Maximize Your Message

Views: 15742 | Updated 1 year ago

The web has grown in the past 15 years from simple text-based websites to complex interactive conversations. YouTube, blogs, wikis, RSS, Comments, Twitter, Facebook, Mobile Web, and countless other media compete for users’ attention. What are all these channels? Are you using them effectively and efficiently? How do...

Alan Alda: The Art of Science Communication

Views: 9963 | Updated 1 year ago

(39:56) Robert Desimone introduces keynote speaker Alan Alda at the 10th anniversary celebration of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. As the former host of the long-running PBS series, “Scientific American Frontiers,” Alda shares some advice on how scientists can communicate more effectively with the general...

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community and Encourage Civic Engagement

Views: 17263 | Updated 2 years ago

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television… NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are inexpensive and often easy to use,...

Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) tutorial

Views: 9538 | Updated 3 years ago

More than 3,000 alumni advisors are part of the Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN) and will help you explore career options and connections. Try it: http://alum.mit.edu/ Note: This video does not have sound.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

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Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

Women Don’t Ask

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Ms Laschever’s presentation was an opportunity to learn from her research findings with Dr. Linda Babcock, and for attendees to ask “how to” questions about their own professional advancement and development opportunities. More details on the research and the authors’ backgrounds can be found at: http://www.womendontask.com This event...

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Collaboration

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Networking Workshop

Views: 3850 | Updated 5 months ago

Your network is one of the most important resources you’ll utilize during your entire professional career. Learn how to hone your networking skills, how to give that ever-important elevator pitch, and even those first few words of that first uneasy conversation that could lead to a lifetime partnership....

Imperial Global Fellows: Developing International and Industrial Collaborations: Ricardo Martinez Botas

Views: 16539 | Updated 10 months ago

June 23, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, Ricardo Martinez Botas Ph.D, a businessman with relations to fifteen companies, takes elements from his academic and occupational opportunities and experiences in mechanical engineering and speaks about the impact that it...

Imperial Global Fellows: International Collaborations: Sanjay Sarma

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June 22, 2011 During the Global Fellows Summer Program run jointly between MIT and Imperial College London, MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma discusses the benefits of international collaboration, which allows for more generation and mutation of ideas and perspectives. Corporate companies sometimes fail at this when Universities succeed because...

Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT

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Outside the Box: Crossing Disciplines at MIT profiles three prominent interdisciplinary researchers at MIT. Profiles include Maria Zuber, a geophysicist renowned for her research on planetary surfaces; Vladimir Bulović, an electrical engineer developing lightweight solar cells; and Paula Hammond, a materials scientist creating new nanomaterials for cancer treatment....

Creativity and Collaboration in the Digital Age, moderated by Jim Paradis

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The second panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium. Beth Coleman is Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies. Her fields of research interest include new media, contemporary aesthetics, electronic music, critical theory and...

Open Park

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The Open Park project looks to define an ‘ideal’ or at least improved model and practice for online collaborative news-reporting and -writing. As newsrooms across the country and beyond are grappling with the new economic realities of reduced budgets and news media professionals are busy drafting and testing...

Collaboration and Skills for the Future

Views: 29873 | Updated 3 years ago

Game designer Jane McGonigal talks about the “skills for the future” participants can develop while playing big games. Gaming expert Philip Tan of the GAMBIT Singapore-MIT Game Lab stresses the value of being able to judge information.

Fostering and Developing Shared Leadership

Views: 13375 | Updated 3 years ago

Drawing on the leadership framework from the MIT Leadership Center, this workshop focuses on developing and applying four key leadership capabilities: sense making, relating, visioning, and inventing. Presented by Mary Schaefer SM ’90, director of the MIT Leadership Center.

Environmental Programs Meet Supply Chain at Staples

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Mark Buckley, Staples, Inc. – Vice President, Environmental Affairs Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT-CTL and CSCMP The development of energy-efficient distribution centers is just one of the supply chain-related environmental programs underway at Staples. Mark Buckley explains how he collaborates with the supply chain to...

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Balance & Resilience

GWAMIT Leadership Conference – Time and Stress Management Workshop

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Explore stress and time management techniques with Zan Barry and Lauren Mayhew from MIT Medical.

Grad School 101: Resources to make your life easier

Views: 2119 | Updated 9 months ago

At MIT, you have a wide variety of resources available. Jennifer Gallapher discusses MIT Recreational Sports. David Diamond shares details about MIT Medical. Xiaolu Hsi talks about MIT Mental Health Jennifer Tassi elaborates on spouses and partners. Robert Randolph gives information on the MIT Chapel and religious life....

Linda Elkins-Tanton

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Linda Elkins, professor in Earth Science, opens her talk with a quote saying, ” Work when you can and do your absolute best.” Elkins also reveals that she did not get to where she was today via the “traditional path”. In her academic year as a sophomore, she...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Keynote Address

Views: 17256 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Cindy Gallop, 2003 Advertising Woman of the Year and founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld, discusses personal empowerment through professional ventures. Cindy’s background is in brandbuilding, marketing, and advertising.

Renetta Tull

Views: 16211 | Updated 11 months ago

June 9, 2011 – 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the...

GW@MIT Empowerment Conference Communications Workshop

Views: 11484 | Updated 11 months ago

March 9, 2011 – Communications Savvy: from MIT to Everyday Excellence. Dina Napoli Good arms members at this workshop with the tools they need to be clear, concise and compelling communicators through their words, body language, and tone of voice. The workshop’s objective is to improve how people...

MIT Professor Susan Lindquist

Views: 13693 | Updated 1 year ago

Professor Susan Lindquist remembers unexpected moments that changed her life’s direction and helped her create a career in the sciences. Lindquist, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and an MIT biology professor, received the National Medal of Science in 2010. This interview is part of...

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